GENERAL MEETING

  The General Meeting is composed of the members of the IAMRI. The  supreme authority of the IAMRI is vested in a General Meeting presided  over by the Chairman.

  The General Meeting shall meet once a year. Its function is to be the  advisory body to the Steering Committee on matters associated with the  scientific policy and general strategy of the IAMRI.

  Between General Meetings, there may be meetings of members to discuss  matters of general concern to marine-related fields. These meetings do  not involve voting on IAMRI business.

  The chairmanship of the IAMRI rotates among its Steering Committee members. The Chairman serves for a term of two (2) years

  The Chairman of the IAMRI shall chair the sessions of the Steering Committee and the General Meeting.

STEERING COMMITTEE

  The Steering Committee:

a) To prepare the agenda of the General Meeting and present it to the  working program to be followed until the next General Meeting meets.

b) To approve or amend the IAMRI's annual working programs.

c) To report to the General Meeting concerning all its activities.

  The first Steering Committee is formed by the members who have taken  the initiative to organize IAMRI at its early stage. For second Steering  Committee and thereafter, seat numbers and its members shall be  determined and elected by the General Meeting. 

  The Steering Committee shall meet once a year. It may be convened for  extraordinary sessions by the Chairman or the Secretary-General, and  shall be so convened by the Secretary-General on the written request of a  simple majority of the Steering Committee members.

 The Steering Committee approves the draft agenda for the General Meeting.

 The Steering Committee may appoint sub-committees if necessary.

Member of STEERING COMMITTEE

 President of Ocean University of China

 Vice-Chancellor of University of Southampton

 President of Pukyong National University

 President of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

 Rector of University of Bremen

 President of University of Western Brittany Brest

 President of University of Quebec at Rimouski

 Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

 Director of Campus do Mar